Win10 annual update officially released: full-featured upgrade

At the Build 2016 Developer Conference in San Francisco, USA, Microsoft executive vice president of Windows Terry · Terry Myerson released the first anniversary of Windows 10 The Anniversary Update will be available to all Win10 users for free this summer. He also announced that the installed capacity of Win10 has exceeded 270 million, and the number of Windows store visits has reached 5 billion.

Windows 10's major updates include: stylus support technology Windows Ink, speech recognition Cortana Collection (Cortana Collection), biometric technology Windows Hello support Edge browser and extending the Universal Application Platform (UWP) to Xbox Game host. The Win10 Anniversary Upgrade Pack is available for PC, tablet, mobile, Xbox One, Hololens, and Internet of Things (IOT) devices.

With biometrics Windows Hello, users can log in to Win10 devices and Edge browsers with enterprise-level security identification. According to Microsoft, research shows that more than 80% of users currently use the same password on many websites and manage 20-30 different accounts. With this technology, users can access Windows applications and many websites supported by browser Edge more securely and simply.

Handwriting Support Technology Windows Ink will be integrated into many of Microsoft's applications along with Edge browsers, maps and Office components. With this technology, users can more easily write, record and share easily on Win10 devices with a stylus. According to Microsoft, 72% of people still use paper and pen every day, and they still like the stylus experience.

Microsoft also said that personal voice assistant Cortana has more than 1,000 related applications. As a result, Microsoft has launched a new Cortana application set in the Windows Store to make it easier for users to find relevant applications. In the Win 10 Anniversary Upgrade Pack, Cortana's features have also been upgraded, allowing you to enable it directly in the lock screen without logging in. In addition, developers can fully invoke Cortana's proactive intelligence technology to enable their applications to perform operations based on user usage scenarios.

Another upgrade to the Win10 Anniversary Pack is to launch a universal app platform for the Xbox game console. The Xbox One will feature Cortana and background music. With a common application platform, game developers will be able to launch games to Xbox One and other Windows 10 devices more easily. In addition, in the Win10 anniversary upgrade package, the Xbox One game console will have a development model.